Brussels - The European Union's flagship project for boosting high-tech inventions is to be ba

Brussels  - The European Union is threatening to suspend a Slovaki

Berlin - The German government is firmly against applying pressure to Ireland over the ratification of the European Union's reform treaty following the Irish no in a referendum last week, government officials said Wednesday.

Speaking ahead of an EU summit in Brussels Thursday and Friday, the German officials said Ireland had to be given time to analyze and assess the situation.

"We are not going to point a pistol at them," a high-ranking source said. "We must give the Irish government time to consult."

Yangon - The Council of the European Union should use their meeting in Brussels Thursday to back a call to bring Myanmar's junta chief to be tried in the international court for crimes against huma

Brussels - The European Commission on Wednesday welcomed the announcement of a truce between Israel and Hamas, the radical Islamic movement that rules the Palestinian Gaza Strip.

Strasbourg  - Ahead of its scheduled summer summit in Brussels, the European Union called Wednesday for the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty to continue despite its rejection by Irish vote